Repeat means say, tell or do something more than once.

The idea

Name the words or action directly: repeat the question, repeat the exercise. For a polite request, ask Could you repeat the address, please? The past is repeated.

Examples

  • Could you repeat the address, please?
  • She repeated the question slowly.
  • I repeat the new word aloud.
  • He repeated the directions to his friend.
  • Please repeat the last sentence.
  • We repeated the exercise yesterday.

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Watch out

Repeat already indicates another occurrence. Adding again can stress an additional repetition, but is not needed for a simple request.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ the exercise. (repeated / repeat)

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    repeated

    Repeated is the regular past form for yesterday.

  2. Choose the verb for saying the question another time. Please say the question another time: ___ the question. (repeat / avoid)

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    repeat

    Repeat asks for the question to be said another time.

  3. Choose the information requested again. In “Could you repeat the address?”, what should be said again? (the address / the speaker)

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    the address

    The address is the information being repeated.

Use it today

Ask someone to repeat a sentence and describe an exercise you repeated.